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In any case, the salad would be incompatible with the meat, unless you spend 9 hours configuring mayo v0.14567434 NOT mayo v0.14567434.1b; or the whole thing explodes Hindenburg style in your mouth, blowing your tounge off.

In any case, the salad would be incompatible with the meat, unless you spend 9 hours configuring mayo v0.14567434 NOT mayo v0.14567434.1b; or the whole thing explodes Hindenburg style in your mouth, blowing your tounge off.

So on the mac, when I shut the lid and opened it and nothing broke it was a pretty amazing moment.

Let me guess, Toshiba laptop?

My (free) Toshiba Satellite did not have any of those problems...

Neither have any of the other laptops I've seen.

I take that back there was a bluescreen on the resume of my toshiba ONE TIME. Thats because we removed the wireless network card and opened it back up. Which any hardware changes will pretty much cause a bluescreen when you come back from hibernate on any windows machine.

Most linux geeks that have problems with windows machines cause these problems themselves.

Because they know just enough to fuck with things, and they have this pre-set notion in their head how it should work. But because they are linux geeks they feel the need to fuck with every little thing even when it straight tells you DONT TOUCH THIS YOU CAN BREAK THINGS.

Then they all say microsoft sucks after they break it.

I don't want to "work" on my computer when I get on it. I don't troubleshoot problems when the occur I simply remove whatever caused it and reinstall.

I've installed linux, got it running, realized there wasn't a damn thing I could do with it that I would even care to do.

I really don't see the obsession some people have with this, but then again I don't understand dudes that are into sado-masichism either.

Most linux geeks that have problems with windows machines cause these problems themselves.

Because they know just enough to fuck with things, and they have this pre-set notion in their head how it should work. But because they are linux geeks they feel the need to fuck with every little thing even when it straight tells you DONT TOUCH THIS YOU CAN BREAK THINGS.

Most linux geeks that have problems with windows machines cause these problems themselves.

Because they know just enough to fuck with things, and they have this pre-set notion in their head how it should work. But because they are linux geeks they feel the need to fuck with every little thing even when it straight tells you DONT TOUCH THIS YOU CAN BREAK THINGS.

Then they all say microsoft sucks after they break it.

haha, what?

basically linux geeks are like kids who stick pennies in light sockets even though their parents warn them against it.

Grenaded? Now I'm imagining a page of old arcane C code suddenly shouting some arabic epithet and exploding violently

I don't know why this was my first thought but I can't get it out of my head

This is pretty much what C does anyway, except it's more like a crazy guy that uses his own blood to write satanic messages on his wall, stuffs a grenade in his mouth, pulls the pin, and shouts "SEGMENTATION FAULT"

Most linux geeks that have problems with windows machines cause these problems themselves.

Because they know just enough to fuck with things, and they have this pre-set notion in their head how it should work. But because they are linux geeks they feel the need to fuck with every little thing even when it straight tells you DONT TOUCH THIS YOU CAN BREAK THINGS.

Then they all say microsoft sucks after they break it.

haha, what?

basically linux geeks are like kids who stick pennies in light sockets even though their parents warn them against it.

hey now, not all of us
some of us know when not to fuck with shit we don't understand

Most linux geeks that have problems with windows machines cause these problems themselves.

Because they know just enough to fuck with things, and they have this pre-set notion in their head how it should work. But because they are linux geeks they feel the need to fuck with every little thing even when it straight tells you DONT TOUCH THIS YOU CAN BREAK THINGS.

Then they all say microsoft sucks after they break it.

haha, what?

basically linux geeks are like kids who stick pennies in light sockets even though their parents warn them against it.

hey now, not all of us
some of us know when not to fuck with shit we don't understand

Most linux geeks that have problems with windows machines cause these problems themselves.

Because they know just enough to fuck with things, and they have this pre-set notion in their head how it should work. But because they are linux geeks they feel the need to fuck with every little thing even when it straight tells you DONT TOUCH THIS YOU CAN BREAK THINGS.

Then they all say microsoft sucks after they break it.

haha, what?

basically linux geeks are like kids who stick pennies in light sockets even though their parents warn them against it.

Your whole idea of this doesn't make any sense, because most Linux users have been trained not to screw with things they don't understand. In Windows, digging into deep crevices and tweaking hidden settings is the cultural norm because there's no other way to get things done. The registry is the ultimate sign of this -- a giant unreadable blob that magically affect almost everything on your computer, but it's not even possible to set a different e-mail agent without digging into it. Users are encouraged to monkeypatch core OS libraries so they can have themes, which would make any Linux user yell "what the fuck!?" in horror.

Grenaded? Now I'm imagining a page of old arcane C code suddenly shouting some arabic epithet and exploding violently

I don't know why this was my first thought but I can't get it out of my head

This is pretty much what C does anyway, except it's more like a crazy guy that uses his own blood to write satanic messages on his wall, stuffs a grenade in his mouth, pulls the pin, and shouts "SEGMENTATION FAULT"

I installed Ubuntu on the extra bit of unpartitioned space I left open for it a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to run an AVG scan because AVG in windows was causing system failures whenever it hit the registry, so I was worried something was wrong. The scan didn't find anything, though.

So then I thought I'd play around with Ubuntu a bit. I decided to try to get dual monitors working. I couldn't find any good information anywhere. I ended up with everything all fucked up, and no idea how to fix it.

Doing some things in Windows is a huge pain in the ass. Doing some things in Linux is a huge pain in the ass. But in Windows, you can just fuck around with shit until it works. It's a lot harder to fuck it up, because Windows tends to assume you don't know what you're doing. Linux assumes you always know exactly what you're doing.

Look, every OS sucks. It's just a fact. For my money, Windows sucks less because it wastes less of my time.

So then I thought I'd play around with Ubuntu a bit. I decided to try to get dual monitors working. I couldn't find any good information anywhere. I ended up with everything all fucked up, and no idea how to fix it.

ATI card? nVidia cards have a little program you start, enable the second screen, set the resolution, all done.

What are the advantages to using Linux
I've always wondered about this

The main thing for home users is you don't have to run firewall / antivirus / disk mounter / whatever to have basic functionality. It's also harder to screw up accidentally, which makes it rather useful for family members that seem to act as virus magnets.

What are the advantages to using Linux
I've always wondered about this

The main thing for home users is you don't have to run firewall / antivirus / disk mounter / whatever to have basic functionality. It's also harder to screw up accidentally, which makes it rather useful for family members that seem to act as virus magnets.

it's a lot quicker, especially on older hardware. It's a lot more customizable, so if you're really anal about how things work, you have a lot of options.

But really, the primary argument is simply that it's free. Windows is supposed to cost over $100, and most of us might not pay that, but that doesn't make it right. Linux is a morally sound free option.

What are the advantages to using Linux
I've always wondered about this

The main thing for home users is you don't have to run firewall / antivirus / disk mounter / whatever to have basic functionality. It's also harder to screw up accidentally, which makes it rather useful for family members that seem to act as virus magnets.

it's a lot quicker, especially on older hardware. It's a lot more customizable, so if you're really anal about how things work, you have a lot of options.

But really, the primary argument is simply that it's free. Windows is supposed to cost over $100, and most of us might not pay that, but that doesn't make it right. Linux is a morally sound free option.

The price difference is no longer relevant to most people, because in the age of bittorrent Windows is free. Anybody who wants to can download and install a pirated copy of Windows with no significant issue.

What are the advantages to using Linux
I've always wondered about this

The main thing for home users is you don't have to run firewall / antivirus / disk mounter / whatever to have basic functionality. It's also harder to screw up accidentally, which makes it rather useful for family members that seem to act as virus magnets.

it's a lot quicker, especially on older hardware. It's a lot more customizable, so if you're really anal about how things work, you have a lot of options.

But really, the primary argument is simply that it's free. Windows is supposed to cost over $100, and most of us might not pay that, but that doesn't make it right. Linux is a morally sound free option.

The price difference is no longer relevant to most people, because in the age of bittorrent Windows is free. Anybody who wants to can download and install a pirated copy of Windows with no significant issue.

Read the article I linked; most people give the thought of pirating software about as much as thought as downloading music (ie, none at all). It's not as obvious here on PA because of the rather strict rules against discussing piracy, but on looser forums like SA or 4ch there's an unstated assumption "who buys Windows anyway?".

Also who the fuck pirates windows. The version you have should be good enough until you buy another computer and even then, just suck it up. My computer was still pretty cheap even with windows. It is worth it not to deal with cracking it and all of that bullshit.

Or you could just go to a university that offers it for a ridiculously low price or free.

Applies to big $$ software like Photoshop also. You just know people aren't paying $2500 to put captions on pictures of their cats, but mention Paint.NET and GIMP and see if anybody knows what they are.

So then I thought I'd play around with Ubuntu a bit. I decided to try to get dual monitors working. I couldn't find any good information anywhere. I ended up with everything all fucked up, and no idea how to fix it.

ATI card? nVidia cards have a little program you start, enable the second screen, set the resolution, all done.

Whereas with ATI cards, you try a thing, try another thing, realize you didn't undo the first thing, try to fix things, screw them up worse, and boot back into your Windows install, which doesn't get fucked up just trying to extend your desktop.